Hill's Prescription Diet l/d Liver Care Chicken Dry Cat Food

The liver is the largest internal organ in the body and it carries out a bewildering array of vital metabolic tasks. Many of the functions of the liver are influenced by diet. Some constituents of the diet can cause the liver to have to perform additional work in order to maintain a healthy internal environment. Other ingredients if provided in increased levels can actually help support liver function. Hills prescription diet feline l/d is for the nutritional management of cats with liver disorders. Liver disorders are often serious conditions frequently accompanied by many uncomfortable and even painful symptoms for your cat. Hills prescription diet l/d was created specifically for the nutritional management cats with liver disorders that cause reduced liver function. Because the liver works to rid the body of toxins, it can be subjected to damage and reduced function from infections and ingested poisons as well as altered blood flow.

6 week old kitten with possible liver shunt

4th Jun 2016

Hope - Liver shunt kitty

VioVet Customer Since: May 2016

From: Somerset, United Kingdom

Would this be safe for a 6 week old kitten with possible liver shunt to eat? She can't have lactulose meds as too young and dehydration risk at the moment. Still bottle feeding and won't eat yoghurt/ cottage cheese etc. Doesn't like royal canin hepatic biscuits mushed up. At a loss what to give her apart from babycat milk and baby rice.

John Cousins BVSc MRCVS

Non-Executive Director

Hills LD would be a reasonable choice of food to include in her diet at this stage, though ultimately you will probably need to get a full and accurate diagnosis before you can be sure of the best treatment and management options. It might not be as palatable as some of the more standard diets, but if she has a liver shunt this diet should be better for her. You might have to mash it up with a little warm water to help her to take to it.

I have to change to an l/d diet and cat only eats a little

4th Jul 2015

L/d diet

I have to change my cat to an L/D diet. I bought the wet food as the vet suggested keeping her on wet food for a while after having several teeth removed. She ate less than half a can, how can I persuade her to change to this new food

John Cousins BVSc MRCVS

Non-Executive Director

Cats know what they want and can be amazingly fussy sometimes. At least she ate a little of the new diet.As long as she is eating something, she will keep herself going. (To stop eating completely is not healthy for a cat, especially an overweight cat.) Cats tend to get used to foods in time and she will probably start to eat it better in future. I would persist with the new diet and not try to change it or add other things personally.